Artist Looking At Art –Jenelle Esparza
San Antonio's Fiunding For The Creation of 'Vessels'
Style Magazine Newswire | 8/5/2022, 1:25 p.m.
Jenelle Esparza
McNay Museum Educator for Family Experiences and accomplished artist, Jenelle Esparza, is featured in the latest Artists Looking at Art (ALA), a series created to salute the vitality of the contemporary art community in the San Antonio area.
Esparza’s new series of textile pieces depicts imagery and patterns that respond to “hyper-local” histories with- in the South Texas region. The pieces are abstract representations of earthly and bodily experiences that have been recorded within a landscape.
With experimental weaving techniques, Esparza highlights hidden histories of Mexican American, Tejano, and Indigenous narratives in her home region of South Texas.
